Chihuahua (state) (mex)

Chihuahua (state)

Chihuahua (state) ranks 10,144th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shelby, Mississippi, Khagaria, and Warrenton, North Carolina. Memorable people born in Chihuahua (state) include Pascual Orozco, and Misael Rodríguez. Chihuahua (state) has been the birth place of many politicians, and boxers. Chihuahua (state) is located in Mexico.

Chihuahua, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is located in the northwestern part of Mexico and is bordered by the states of Sonora to the west, Sinaloa to the southwest, Durango to the south, and Coahuila to the east. To the north and northeast, it shares an extensive border with the U.S. adjacent to the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas. The state was named after its capital city, Chihuahua City; the largest city is Ciudad Juárez. In 1864 the city of Chihuahua was declared capital of Mexico by Benito Juarez during the Reform War and French intervention. The city of Parral was the largest producer of silver in the world in 1640. During the Mexican War of Independence, Miguel Hidalgo was executed on July 30, 1811, in Chihuahua city. Read more on Wikipedia